Instead of approaching an event with the intent of meeting everyone (the quantity approach), set a goal for how many quality conversations you will have. Hold off on “selling” (for now) and focus on having real conversations were you actually try to get to know the other person. Stop seeing potential connections as customers and start treating them like people. They associate it with inauthenticity and immorality. Research shows that many people feel “dirty” when networking in a professional setting. To grow your network and ensure you have the lowest possible Bacon Number with the power players in your slice of the world, consider these six tips.Ĭhange your outlook on networking.
Those with larger networks full of weak ties are three times more innovative than people with small networks of close friends. 
70% of workplace learning takes place through informal interactions. 60-80% of all jobs are filled by people who have a personal connection. MIT researchers found that the more socially connected employees are, the better they perform. The importance of a powerful network cannot be understated. While interesting (mine is a 2*), I’m more interested in how connected you are to the leaders in your organization, industry, professional organizations, and community. –įor our purposes, your Bacon Number is not about how closely associated you are to Kevin. silent films, and then it kind of went on from there to the talkies, and I was connected to him in six degrees. And what’s interesting about that is that when John Wilkes Booth was an actor, there were no films, but someone that he acted with, who would I guess be quite a bit younger than him, was in some stage production grew up and became old enough to be in. The strangest was somebody connected me to John Wilkes Booth in six degrees or less. Knowing this, my question is whether you know your Bacon Number. The higher the number, the farther away from Kevin Bacon the actor is. This then generates Dean’s Bacon Number, which is three. Dianne Wiest was in Footloose with Kevin. Jerry Lewis was in Cookie with Dianne Wiest. Dean Martin was in My Friend Irma with Jerry Lewis. 
For instance, to connect Dean Martin with Kevin, The challenge of the game is to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and Kevin. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is based on the "six degrees of separation" concept, which suggests that any two people are six or fewer acquaintance links apart.
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